Vehicle-lamp.



G. WILLIAMS.

VEHICLE LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. 1917.

Patnted July-24, 191?.

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GORDON WILLIAMS, OF MOUNT CARMEL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE ENGLISH &MERSICK 00., OF NE /V HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

VEHICLE-LAMP.

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Application filed March 10, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GORDON IVILLrAMs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Carmel, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vehicle-Lamps; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference markedthereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, andwhich said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent,in

Figure l a side view, partly in section, of

a vehicle lamp constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 a top or plan view of the same, with the cap removed and the yoketurned down to give clearance for the lamp socket.

Fig. 3 a perspective view of the lamp carrier, detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in vehicle lamps, andparticularly to electric lamps such as are used on automobiles havingspecial reference to automobiles of a high grade. In electric lamps forautomobiles the only occasion for opening the lampbody is to replace thelamp bulbs, which is not generally frequently required.

The object of this invention is to provide for easy access to anelectric lamp so that it may be replaced as occasion may require, andthe invention consists in the construction hereinafter described andparticularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a lamp-body 2 which may be of anyapproved design, herein shown as rectangular in crosssection, with awall 3 in the head 4L of the lamp to which wall a cup-shapedlamp-carrier 5 is secured by screws 6 or otherwise. This lamp-carrier isformed with a central opening 7 surrounded by an upwardly extended neck8 formed on opposite sides with outwardly extending trunnions 9 for thepurpose as will hereinafter appear, this neck being threaded to receivean electric lamp socket 10 in which the usual electric lamp bulb 11 ismounted, electrical connection with the lamp being made in the usualmanner, one wire 12 being entered into the top of the lamp socket thewire passing through clearance notches formed for it in the walls of thelamp carrier. Connected with the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24L, 191?. Serial No. 153,972.

trunnions 9 is a yoke 13 curved so that when turned down it will clearthe neck 8, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This yoke is formed witha threaded stem 1 1 over which the cap 15 of the lamp is passed, andturned onto this threaded stem 14 is a knob 16 completing the design ofthe lamp and holding the cap 15 in place. When it is desired to installor replace a lamp, it is only necessary to unscrew the knob or button16, remove the cap 15 and turn the yoke 13 down, as shown in Fig. 2. Theend of the wire 12 is then slipped out of the lamp socket and the socketunscrewed from the lamp-carrier, and a bulb turned into place. The lampsocket is then inserted in the lamp carrier, the wire 12 replaced, thecap 15 set over the stem of the yoke 13 and the knob 16 replaced andturned down so as to firmly hold the cap in place. I thus provide forconvenient access to the lamp without pro viding the lamp-body with sidedoors.

I claim 1. A vehicle lamp comprising a lamp body provided at its upperend with walls, a lamp carrier connected with said walls, said lampcarrier formed with a central opening and an upwardly extended neck, ayoke connected with said neck, said yoke formed with a screw-threadedstem, a cap closing the upper end of the lamp-body through which cap thestem extends, and a knob applied to the said stem.

2. A vehicle lamp comprising a lampbody formed in its upper end withwalls, a lamp carrier connected with said walls, said lamp carrierformed with a central opening, and an upwardly extended neck around saidopening, said neck formed on opposite sides with outwardly extendingtrunnions, a yoke the ends of which are connected with said trunnions,said yoke formedwith a screwthreaded stem, a cap adapted to close theupper end of the lamp and formed with an opening through which the stemextends, and a knob applied to the upper end of said stem.

3. A vehicle lamp comprising a lampbody provided in its upper end withwalls, a lamp carrier connected with said walls, said lamp carrierformed with a centrally arranged opening and with an upwardly extendingcollar around said opening, said collar formed with internal threads andon In testimony whereof, I have signed this specificatlon 1n thepresence of two'su'bscrih WILL H. BITTER, WV. A. EVANS.

opposite sides with outwardly projecting trunnions, a lamp socketthreaded into the said neck, a yoke connected with said trunnions andformed with a threaded stem, a cap closing the upper end of said lampcasing through which cap the said stem extends, and a knob applied tosaid stem.

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